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title: 'the Girls Book of Popular Hobbies'
description: '1954 compendium of hobbies for "Gells" from petcare to pottery, canoeing to climbing, photography, lampshade making, showjumping to swimming and 29 other wholesome activities - all in144 pages, 140 illustrations and a frontispiece plate of HRH The 
Princess Alexandra competing in the Pony Championships. 
Fascinating Upper middle-class social history'
price: '10 GBP'
category: 'books'
shop: 'cressieshoard'
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1954 compendium of hobbies for "Gells" from petcare to pottery, canoeing to climbing, photography, lampshade making, showjumping to swimming and 29 other wholesome activities - all in144 pages, 140 illustrations and a frontispiece plate of HRH The 
Princess Alexandra competing in the Pony Championships. 
Fascinating Upper middle-class social history

**Price:** 10 GBP

**Part of:** [Handicraft Books #1](https://www.rummij.com/cressieshoard/items/a036-handicraft-books-1)